Machine for winding yarns or threads and the like



R. HOLT MACHINE FOR WINDING YARNS 0R THREADS AND THE LIKE Mar. 3, 1925.

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R. HQLT MACHINE FOR WINDING YARNS 0R THREADS AND THE LIKE Patented .Mar. 3, 1925 UNITED STATES 1,528,426 PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HOLT, 0F ROCI-IDALE,'ENGLAND.

MACHINE non wrivnineyenns on THREADS AND THE LIKE.

Application fi1cd March 28, 1928. Serial No. 628,227.

To all whom it may 00mm.-

Be it known that I, Ronnn'r HOLT, a subject of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of lloon Sun House, Nhitworth Road, l iochdale. in the county of Lancaster, Eng land have invented new and useful lmprovelnents in Machines for Winding Yarns or Threads and the like, of which the following is a specification.

Machines for winding yarns or threads and the like have been proposed or used in which guides secured or applied to a flexible band cord or wire or the like moved alternately in opposite directions lengthwise are employed to guide the yarns or threads or the like to the tubes or other bodies upon or into which they are to be wound.

The objects of this invention are on the one hand to obviate break-ages and the dif- [iculties and irregularities of winding experienced in the use of machines of the kind aforesaid especially in working at high speeds through the flexible bands yielding or breaking if sufiiciently flexible for rapid working or if made stitfer being incapable of movement with the ease requisite and on the other hand to enable the guides to be rapidly moved and accurate guidance of the yarn or thread or the like being wound to be obtained and the guides to be accurately controlled in their movement with little friction and without lubricant used reaching the yarn thread or the like being wound.

F or simplicity in the description following yarn will be used instead of yarn, thread or the like.

l Vith the objects aforesaid this invention consists in the provision in a machine for winding yarn of one guide carrier or-inore in the form of one band or rod or more carrying guides and connexion with a chain or chains led around and in engagement with sprocket wheels and also in connexion with a block mounted to be supported and slidden upon guide rods and bearing a revoluble bowl or roller for engagcn'ient with the groove of a cam for moving the guides in conjunction therewith and the provision of a swivelling plate for connecting the one guide carrier or more with the revoluble bowl or roller also one round rod or more to pass through a stuffing box means for adjusting a sprocket wheel and therebythc tension of the chain or chains. Clips of advantageous form for connecting the one guide carrier or more with other parts, yarn guides with resilient clamping parts convenient in application to the one guide carrier or more and of one guide or more for keeping the one guide carrier or more working in proper position with little friction and withoutdanger of lubricant reaching yarn being wound and of other devices and constructions hereinafter to be de scribed andparticularized in the claims.

This invention is illustrated bythe accompanying drawings in which in all the figures the same numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts.

A machine constructed according to this invention may have a framework of any suitable construction and may havewinding heads of an suitable construction apart from the means for moving the guides for guiding yarn to the bodies on which it is to be wound and for simplicity only parts of the framework are shown inthe accompanying drawings, and also for simplicity only some of the parts which may be present in any suitable number of instances according to the number of winding heads in the machine are shown in the drawings.

In the description of the drawings parts not'forming part of this invention will be described only in so far as may be convenient for the explanation of this invention and the manner of carrying it into effect.

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan shown broken to shorten the iigure illustrating guide carriers in the form oflight bands or rods for carrying guides and rods and chains and other parts used in moving the light bands or rods and the guides thereon and sprocket wheels for guiding the chains. Fig. 2 is a front elevation drawn on a larger scale than Fig. 1 of some of the parts indicated in Fig. 1 including one of the light bands or rods. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation and an end elevation partly in vertical section showing the means used in con necting a rod to oneend of the light band or rod shown in Fig. 2 and Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a side elevation and an end elevation partly in vertical section of the means used in connecting a chain to the other end of that light band orrod. Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken onthe plane indicated by the line 7, 7 of Fig. 2 but showing some parts in side elevation for clearness. Fig. 8 is a view of parts shown in Figs-1, 2 and 7 seen in the direction indicated by the arrow 8 in Fig. 7 and with some parts removed for others to be better shown. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of parts of the framework of the machine and one winding drum and Fig. 10 is a transverse section showing in side elevation parts of the framework and two winding drums. Fig. 11 is a front elevation showing part of one of the stationary guides for guiding a light band or rod for carrying movable guides and shows the stationary guide with some parts broken away for clearer illustration of other parts and F i 12 is a vertical section taken on the plane indicated by the line 12, 12 of Fig. 11 showing the stationary guide in side elevation. Figs. 13 and let are respectively a front elevation and side elevation of one of the movable guides detached. Fig. 15 is a plan of mechanism at the end right hand of the machine shown in Fig. 1 and with a cover plate removed so that parts below it may be shown. Fig. 16 is an end elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 14. V

In the machine shown in the accompanying drawings the winding heads, of which there may be any convenient number, comprise winding drums 17 one for each winding head, mounted on shafts 18 made to revolve in standards 19 carried by the framework 20 of the machine and in a casing 23 thereon. The winding heads also comprise means not shown for holding in frictional contact with the drums 17, first, cylindrical tubes on which yarn may be wound and, afterwards, the yarn Wound upon them as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 10 and thereby causing yarn to be wound on the tubes. Each winding head may be provided with any suitable stop motion for removing a tube used with it and the body of yarn 21 wound around such tube out of contact with the winding drum 17 should the yarn break or come to an end. Only some of the winding drums 17 are indicated. For each winding drum 17 there is a yarn guide 22 for guiding yarn to a tube used with such winding drum 17. The guides 22 will be further described hereinafter.

According to this invention, the guides 22 are mounted on guide carriers shown as two bands or light rods 24, 25 conveniently of flexible steel and hereinafter for simplicity called bands, placed one at each side of the machine and connected by means of chains 26, 27 and rods 28, 29 and auxiliary parts, to be described later herein, one with the other and both with a stud 30 carried by a block 31 and bearing a bowl or roller 32 in engagement with a groove 33 of a grooved cam 34 made to revolve for moving the guides 22 to and fro parallel to the axes of the winding drums 17.

The bowl or roller 32 conveniently of steel is mounted so that it may be revolved about the stud 30 secured in the block 31.

In order that it may be light the block 31 is made mainly of aluminum. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the block 31 is formed of two parts 311, 312, cast of aluminum formed with hollows to receive tubes 313, 31.4 of steel and to leave between the hollows a central cavity 315 in which a swivel plate 35 applied around the stud 30 may be placed. The stud 30 being formed with a shoulder 301 to bear against the part 311 and being made to pass through both parts 311, 312 and furnished with a washer 302 and nut 303 serves to hold the two parts 311, together and to hold the tubes 313, 31 1 in position between them while leaving the plate freev to swivel on the stud 30. The two tubes 313, 314 are mounted to be slidden upon cylindrical guide rods 36 provided for supporting the blocks 31 and secured by set screws, not shown, in the holes of sockets 37 formed on the casing 23 surrounding the cam 3d and the gearing hereinafter further to be described for transmitting motion to the cam 34 and shafts 18. The two tubes 313, 314: may advantageously be strengthened as shown by rings or collars 38 applied around their ends.

The groove 33 of the cam 34 is shaped so that the reversals of the movement of the block 31 are made quickly but without undue shock.

39 is a. stay rod connecting the standards 19 only one of which is shown.

Each of the bands 24, 25 is mounted in the machine with its width inclined so as to be nearer at the upper edge to the vertical plane containing the centre lines of the adjacent winding drums 1? than at the lower edge.

One end 351 of the plate 35 is embraced between jaws 391, 392 formed on a rod 28 and a stud 40 passed through the jaws 391, 392 and the end 351 of the plate 35 serves to connect the rod 28 and t-heplate The rod 28 is made to pass freely through a stufiing box 41 formed in the casing 23 and furnished with a packing to exclude dirt and to prevent oil from escaping from the casing 23 and at its other end the rod 28 is formed with a screw thread on which is I screwed a block 42 presenting a plate 413 at one side of the centre line to receive contact of the band 24. Around the plate 43 is placed a clip 14 formed with a rectangular hole to receive the plate and one end of the band 241 and formed with two screw threaded holes in which are screwed grub screws 45 which pressing against the plate 413 and pulling the clip 44 against the band 2-1 and the band 24 against the plate 43 hold the band 24 firmly to the rod 28 and so to the block 31 without distorting the band. Preferably the hole in the clip 44: is provided with rounded corners. end the band 2a is connected by a clip 44:

At its other similar to that already mentioned to an oblique plate 43 formed to receive contact of one side of the band 24 on a block 46 formed with jaws 461, 462 to which by means of a stud 47 is connected the chain 27 similar to those ordinarily used on bicycles, led to the other side of the machine around two sprocket wheels 48, 49 carried on brackets or in any convenient way on the framework of the machine and secured at its other end by means of a stud 47 to another block 46 and clip 44 by which the chain 27 is connected to the one end of the other band 25. At its other end the band 25 is connected by means of another clip 44 and block 42 to one end of the rod 29 which is made to pass freely through a stuffing box 411 formed in the casing 23 and containing packing to exclude dirt and to prevent oil from escaping from the casing 23. The rod 29 is provided at the other end with a screw thread on which is screwed a screw threaded block 50 formed with jaws like the jaws 461, 462 of the block 46 in which is received and secured by a stud one end of the chain 26, which is similar to the chain 27, led around sprocket wheels 51, 52 and secured by means of a stud 53 between jaws 541, 542 formed on a block 54 in a direction at right angles to other jaws 543 adapted to embrace the end 352 of the plate 35 and secured to it by a stud 55. The end 352 of the plate 35 is twisted so as to be parallel to the studs of the chain 26. The one sprocket wheel 52 is carried on a bracket 56 provided on the wall of the easing 23. The sprocket wheel 51 is mounted on a. block 57 with a shank 571 partly square and adapted to be slidden in a correspondingly shaped hole in the wall of the casing 23 and partly screw threaded to receive a nut 57 2 by means of which the chains 26, 27 and bands 24, 25 may be made and kept as tight as is necessary for the guides 22 on the bands 24, 25 to guide yarn with precision to the bodies on which it is to be wound, the nut 572 also allowing adjustment of the tightness of the bands 24, 25 and chains 26, 27 to be effected from time to time.

Each of the guides 22 shown is formed of a grooved porcelain block 58 pushed between ears 591 bent up on the sides of one arm 592 of a plate 59 of resilient steel folded to present two adjacent arms 592, 593 one or each of which is made to present a slightly rounded surface to the other so that by be ing pressed together they may be made to grip the band 24 or 25 on which the plate 59 may be applied. In order to secure the block 58 in the jaws 591, a resilent plate 60 of steel is provided to bear against the guide block 58 and formed with a hole for the passage of a screw and an ear or hook 601 to engage with the end of the arm 592. The arm 592 is formed with a hole opposite to which the hole in the plate 60 may be this invention.

placed and the other arm 593 is formed with a screw threaded hole into which is screwed a screw 61 passed through the holes in the plate 60 and arm 592. The screw 61 serves to hold the plate 60 against the block 58 of the block 58 and plate 59 has been adjusted on the band 24 or 25 on which it may be applied. easily applied and adjusted in position on the bands 24 and 25.

In order that the guides 22 may not be allowed unduly to be moved towards and away from the winding drums 17 with which they are used, guides 62 shown in Figs. 11 and 12 are provided at intervals along the length of the bands 24, 25 for example at each standard 19. Each guide 62 is formed of a bracket with a cavity containing a pad 63 of leather to be at one side of the band 24 or 25 to be held against displacement towards or from winding drums 17 and a cover plate 64 with a cavity containing a pad 65 of wash-leather to be at the other side of the band 24 or 25 is secured to the guide 62 by screws 66 and adjusted so that the pad 65 or the pad 63 will receive contact of the band 24 or 25 should it be displaced towards one side or the other.

The pads 63, 65 are supplied with a little lubricating oil and absorbing it serve to guide the band 24 or'25 with little friction and wear without applying to it an inconvenient quantity of lubricant liable to soil yarn being wound.

The machine is driven by means of the one shaft 18 from which motion is transmitted through gear wheels 67, 68, 69, 70 to the other shaft 18. The wheel 69 is fast and the cam 34 is loose on the shaft 71 which is mounted in the casing 23 and has fast upon it av gear wheel 72 made to transmit motion through a carrier wheel 7 3 to a gear wheel 74 furnished with a crank pin 75 and mounted to revolve about a stud 76 bearing av stud 77 eccentric to it on which is mounted a gear wheel 78 furnished with a slot in which is mounted a slide block 7 9 surrounding a. crank pin 75. The gear wheel 78 drives a gear wheel 79 fast with the cam 34. This gearing forms no part of The eccentric relation of the wheels 74, 78 causes the crank pin 75 to transmit a variable angular velocity to the wheel 78 and thereby to the cam 34 so as to prevent the formation of ribbon winding by threads of yarn being wound closely side by and over one another.

The connexion of the bands 24, 25 with the stud 3O relieves the slide block 34 entirely or almost entirely of any strains in The guides 22 can thus be very connexion with the requisite tightening o1 the bands 24, 25 and the movement of the carriage.

The plate 35 being capable of swivelling about the stud 3O obviates an distortion or unequal straining of the bands 34.

The chains and sprocket wheels largely obviate slipping and wear between the chains and the parts guiding them and also obviate any tendency of the parts moving the guides to bind in movement and obviate on the one hand the dangers of breakage inherent in the use of very flexible bands made to travel around guide pulleys through unequal twisting or strain and repeated bending and straightening and on the other hand the stitlness and resistance to rapid movement which would be offered by the use of stronger flexible metal hands.

This invention may be applied in winding machines for winding yarn into cheeses or bodies of yarn on paper tubes without heads or on to bobbins or other bodies and in carrying it into effect variations in detail may be made. Fe r example winding drums, spindles, or other means appropriate in any case may be used for effecting the .nding of yarn on to or into the bodies or forms to be wound in any case and in cases in which winding drums are used, cradies or other appropriate supports for spindles, tubes or other bodies for receiving yarn may be used and winding drums and guides may be pro vided at only one side of a machine while the Connexions comprising one chain or more guided and in engagement with a sprocket wheel for moving the guides extend around both sides. The guide carriers may he flexible or other bands or rods as may be desirable but preferably are made light.

What 1 do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block comprising chain-parts for passin around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

2. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a rev oluble engaging device on the said stud 1n engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon, and connexions for connecting the guide carriers the guide carriers and the block comprising chain parts in engagen'ient with the sprocket wheels.

-3. In a winding machine of the character indicated in combination with a revoluble ioved can: for moving guides and means volving the said cam, guide rods, for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slirable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a evoluble ene ting device on the said rtud in ment with the groove of cam, sprocket wheels means for sup orting the sprocket wheels a guide carrier,

des thereon and connexions 'for connectthe guide carrier and the said stud and prising chain parts in engagement with sprocket wheels.

a winding machine of the character d, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means tor revolving the said cam, guide rods, means tor supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon, and connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the said stud and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

5. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam tor moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engage ment with the groove of the cam, a swivelling plate applied around the said stud, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels a guide carrier, guides thereon and Connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the said plate and com prising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

6. In a winding machine of the character indicated in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said gi'iide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cans a swivelling plate applied around the said stud sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers,

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guides thereon, and connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the said plate and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprock et wheels.

7. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, a casing to sur round the said cam a stufiing box in the said casing, guide rods in the said casing, means for supporting such guide rods, a. block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on. the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon, connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block comprising chain parts for passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels and a round rod in the said connexions to pass through the said stufling box.

8. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, a casing to surround the said cam, stufling boxes in the said casing guide rods in the said casing. means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a. revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the block comprising chain parts for passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels and round rods in the said connexions to pass through the said stuffing boxes.

9. In a winding machine of the character indicated in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods,

means for supporting such guide rods a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one of such sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon and connoxions for connecting the guide carrier and the block com prising chain parts for passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

10. In a winding machine of the character indicated in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods,

a block mounted and slidable upon the said a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one of such spocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon, and conneXions for connect ing the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the block comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

11. In awinding machine of the character indicated, in combination With a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in en-- gagement with the groove of the cam sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one oi such sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the said stud and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

12. In a winding machine of the charac ter indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one of such sprocket wheels, guide carriers guides thereon, and connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the said stud and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

13. In the winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revo luble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods. a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the-said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, a

swivelling plate applied around the said stud, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one of such sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the said plate and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

14. In a winding machine of the character indicated, in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides and means for revolving the'said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods,

guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revo luble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, a swivelling plate applied around the said stud, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, means for adjusting one of such sprocket wheels, guide carriers guides thereon, and connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the said plate and comprising chain parts in engagement with the sprocket wheels.

15. In a winding machine of the character indicated in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides, means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means tor supporting such guide rods a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with sprocket wheels a connecting de vice for connecting a guide carrier and a part for connexion with it comprising a clip with a hole to receive a part of the guide carrier and with screw threaded holes, screws in the said screw threaded holes and a plate on the part for connexion with the guide carrier between which plate and the clip the part of the guide carrier to be received in the hole of the clip is placed and gripped. t

16. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides, means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a rovo luble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam sprocket'wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with sprocket wheels connecting devices for connecting the guide carrier and parts for connexion with it each comprising a clip with a hole to receive a part of the guide carrier and with screw threaded holes, screws in the said screw threaded holes and a plate on the part for connexion with the guide carrier between which plate and the clip the part of the guide carrier to be received in the hole of the clip is placed and giipped.

17. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides, means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the stud in engagement with the groove of the cam sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the guide carriers and the block comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels connecting devices for connecting a guide carrier and a part for connexion with it comprising a clip with a hole to receive a part of the guide carrier and with screw threaded holes, screws in the said screw threaded holes and a plate on the part for connexion with the guide carrier between which plate and the clip the part of the guide carrier to be received in the hole of the clip is placed and gripped.

18. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble grooved cam for moving guides, means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, :1 block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers, guides thereon and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the guide carriers and the block comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with sprocket wheels, connecting devices for connecting the guide carriers and parts for connexion with it each comprising a clip with a hole to receive a part of the guide carrier and with screw threaded holes, screws in the said screw threaded holes and a plate on the part for connexion with the guide carrier between which plate and the clip the part of the guide carrier to be received in the hole of the clip is placed and gripped.

19. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with arevoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving thesaid cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides comprising resilient clamping parts to be applied to the guide carrier and means by which the resilient parts may be made to grip the guide carrier to the guides a e app r .w A or 20. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier and conneXions for connecting the guide carrier and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides comprising resilient clamping parts to be applied to the guide carrier and screws by which the resilient parts may be made to grip the guide carrier to which the guides are applied.

21. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels guide carriers and connexions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides comprising resilient clamping parts to be applied to the guide carrier and means by which the resilient parts may be made to grip the guide carriers to which the guides are applied.

22. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers and conneXions for connecting the guide carriers and the guide carriers and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides con'iprising resilient clamping parts to be applied to the guide carrier and screws by which the resilient parts may be made to grip the guide carriers to which the guides are applied.

28. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said.

in the cavity of the supporting part to be at one side of the guide carrier to be controlled in movement, a cover-plate with a cavity, a pad of absorbent material in the cavity of the cover plate to be at the other side of that guide carrier and means for adjusting and holding the cover plate in position relatively to the supporting part.

24. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides, means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels. means for supporting the sprocket wheels, a guide carrier and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides for the guide carrier each comprising a supporting part for attachment to a fixed part and provided with a cavity, a pad of absorbent material in the cavity of the supporting part to be at one side of the guide carrier to be controlled in movement, a cover plate with a cavity, a pad of absorbent material in the cavity of the cover plate to be at the other side of that guide carrier and means for adjusting and holding the cover plate in position relatively to the supporting part.

25. In a winding machine of the character indicated and in combination with a revoluble cam for moving guides means for revolving the said cam, guide rods, means for supporting such guide rods, a block mounted and slidable upon the said guide rods, a stud on the said block, a revoluble engaging device on the said stud in engagement with the groove of the cam, sprocket wheels, means for supporting the sprocket wheels, guide carriers and connexions for connecting the guide carrier and the guide carriers and the block and comprising chain parts passing around and in engagement with the sprocket wheels, guides for the guide carriers each comprising a supporting part for attachment to a fixed part and provided with a cavity, a pad of absorbent material in the cavity of the supporting part to be at one side of the guide carrier to be controlled in movement, a cover plate with a cavity a pad of absorbent material in the cavity of the cover plate to be at the other side of that guide carrier and means for adjusting and holding the cover plate in position relatively to the supporting part.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing 10 as my invention, 1 have signed my name in presence of two Witnesses, this sixteenth day 01 March 1923.

ROBERT HOLT.

Vitnesses HOWARD GHEETHAM, RUTH M. \VrLsox. 

